Coventry University will be the host venue for The DAISY Foundation conference which will also see parts of the two-day event take place in the iconic Coventry Cathedral. This year’s conference – taking place later this month – is titled ‘Why Nurses Stay?’ and is centred on understanding what drives retention of nurses and the […]
Coventry University academics have helped the World Health Organisation (WHO) create an education roadmap to tackle the shortage of nurses in North Macedonia. The WHO and North Macedonia’s Health and Education authorities commissioned a team of seven academic experts from Coventry University to conduct a two-month study to find out what should be done to […]
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A social media community project set up to encourage and inspire learning disability nursing students, and help them to maintain their mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards. The #KeephoLDNon campaign began in April 2020 in response to the UK-wide lockdown after senior lecturer of learning disabilities nursing at […]
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A student nurse has praised the ‘superhero’ nurses she worked alongside at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic and says she wants to become as skilled as them. Coventry University student Olivia Aston was inspired to pursue a career in nursing by her grandmother, who was a nurse at […]
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Coventry University created virtual simulations of wards to train nursing students whose work placements have been cut short during the COVID-19 pandemic – preparing them to join the NHS. When the pandemic hit in March last year, work placements in hospitals were affected but the university’s simulation team has helped the School of Nursing, Midwifery […]
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Sisters Alice and Emily Martin are helping the people of their home town by answering the NHS call for support in the fight against COVID-19. Alice and Emily are two of 22 CU Scarborough final-year nursing students that have taken on paid clinical placements to work at Scarborough Hospital and in Humber Teaching NHS Foundation […]
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Nursing applications up by 32 per cent at Bradford University for its nursing courses from 2020 to 2021. This compares to an increase of 20 per cent between 2019 and 2020. The increase mirrors a national rise of around 32 per cent as reported by UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Danielle Woods, lecturer in […]
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From trainee nurse to CEO – Mel’s mission to make Bradford the best it can be. The honorary professor talks about her hopes for the future: Mel Pickup always wanted to be a nurse but even as she was working her way up through the ranks, she admits she never saw herself as a chief […]
Many student midwives are struggling under the weight of financial concerns, poor mental health and an unpredictable job market, according to new findings by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Student midwives in England, who must pay tuition fees and take out maintenance loans to cover living costs, will have, on average, a debt of […]
In a relay race members of a team take turns completing parts of a course, with relay being defined as the act and consequence of replacing an athlete, regardless of the type of activity being performed. Relays can occur in running, swimming, cross-country skiing, skating and, I suggest, in care home nursing. Whilst speed is […]
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